Dear linguistic ghostbusters, A spectre is haunting philosophy: the idea that slurs have something like 'neutral counterparts'. But wait! Do we have good reason to distinguish pairs of slurs and their 'neutral counterparts' from pairs like 'chick flick'/'romantic comedy', 'stoner'/'cannabis user', or 'liberal'/'libtard'? If we don't, might we explain all those pairs in one fell swoop by reference to an overlap in extension and associated stereotypes? - And might this explanation exorcise the phantom of neutral counterparts for good?! Find out more next week, as we discuss Jen Foster's "Busting the Ghost of Neutral Counterparts".
Please join us next Wednesday, July 1st, from 4.00 to 5.30pm UK time, for the discussion. Please find the paper here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/frd3myvby3cytan/Foster%20-%20Busting%20the%20Ghost%20of%20Neutral%20Counterparts.pdf?dl=0 And please find the Zoom invitation below: Meaning Reading Group https://zoom.us/j/95270195257 Meeting-ID: 952 7019 5257 The very best, Nikki _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/pipermail/phil-events/ Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
